[Biostudent] Biology Newsletter - Autumn 2024

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Biology Newsletter - Autumn 2024

Chair's Letter | Mosquito research to fight against malaria | Biology Honors
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Autumn Newsletter

[November Campus in the fall with Mt. Rainier view.]


OCTOBER 2024

CHAIR'S LETTER



Dear Friends of Biology,

Welcome to Autumn quarter! It is my pleasure to greet you at the start of this new academic year as the brand new chair of the Department of Biology. For those of you who are unfamiliar with me, my name is Marti Bosma and I am honored and excited to serve as the department’s chair...
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[Professor Marti Bosma]


FEATURED STORIES

New discoveries in mosquito mating may help the fight against malaria<https://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGWWhmeimScRpux_dpca4QPgSLzNTxv7eQJ-DP6nD0xCCkomqUAz3F6tGTf7hasEPkqFPlgJHM=>

Research led by Jeffrey Riffell, Biology Professor, and Saumya Gupta, Biology postdoctoral researcher, found that male mosquito vision is "activated" at the sound of female-specific wingbeats - a discovery that could form the basis of a “lure” in a new generation of mosquito traps to reduce the spread of malaria.
[Male mosquito]

How do our sea-meadows grow?<https://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGWWhmeio7kEfdDGBp3-6r92z2BJO3TK1Yd_oY0gzrNwSeqm8CdM99QljZyGp9yn05QhVEh9c8=>
Jennifer Ruesink, Biology Professor, seeks to protect and restore the Washington state eelgrass meadows in a collaborative research project funded by the Washington Sea Grant.
[Researchers in eelgrass meadow]

Human-wildlife overlap expected to increase across more than half of Earth's land by 2070<https://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGWWhmeinf06CFBmcjbj-zmfvOp6m-eHQnA4yROZy43fvcy_8T_OPcDRYnXc96qL3shVj8bX_A=>

Briana Abrahms, Biology Assistant Professor, co-authored a collaborative study that found that the overlap between humans and animals will increase substantially across much of the planet in less than 50 years due to human population growth and climate change.
[Elephant Herd]

BIOLOGY AWARDS AND HONORS

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Dick Olmstead receives 2024 Asa Gray Award<https://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGWWhmeiklRmt0oPXpVpigYxk7oA5UWDDkYoD4D2zqtgt-DZLW6KZuVq3kLqyWU17-rw9nMuTU=>

The Asa Gray Award is The American Society of Plant Taxonomists' top honor and recognizes plant systematists who have made lasting contributions to their community, profession, and students. Congratulations, Dick!

[Botanical Society of America logo]
Hannah McConnell receives Katherine Esau Award<https://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGWWhmeiklRmt0oPXpVpigYxk7oA5UWDDkYoD4D2zqtgt-DZLW6KZuVq3kLqyWU17-rw9nMuTU=>

The Katherine Esau Award is given by the Botanical Society of America to the graduate student who presents an outstanding paper in developmental and structural botany at the annual meeting. Congratulations, Hannah!

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Jeff Rasmussen awarded LEO Foundation grant<https://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGWWhmeivwc4OOq54UHP_kjoqBSYUqnCGChSm0paVyDfPNtSRUTt-OiItAVs0atHbR4GoLxbPo=>
The LEO Foundation's prestigious grant supports international research in skin biology and disease. Jeff's project will investigate the mechanisms governing Langerhans cells’ immune response in wound healing, particularly the role of the microtubule cytoskeleton.

[Kavli-NSF Announcement Image]
Jeffrey Riffell & Joel Thornton receive first Kavli-NSF grant<https://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGWWhmeisS8GP2kqVhYofVUa3s3MsjG_RPD36hzKRyAlnzCppqOjl1Xzls3JYTGhyMkiWS57PM=>

This grant comes from a collaboration between The Kavli Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation, with the goal of accelerating research in the emerging field of neurobiology in changing ecosystems.

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